HOW TO BEHAVE IN NORWAY: 11 THINGS YOU SHOULD NEVER DO. Norwegian Etiquette

⏱⏱⏱ TIME CODES: 00:00 — WELCOME TO NORWAY 🇳🇴 00:28 1️⃣ NEVER think that Norway is a small country 01:36 2️⃣ NEVER get too close to anyone 02:25 3️⃣ NEVER show up late 02:55 4️⃣ NEVER make eye contact for too long 03:41 5️⃣ NEVER Underestimate the word Koslig 04:17 6️⃣ NEVER Think you are better than everybody else 04:48 7️⃣ NEVER Say that Sweden is better at winter sports 05:46 8️⃣ NEVER ask questions that show you have NO knowledge about Norway 06:29 9️⃣ NEVER complain about Not being dressed for the weather 07:21 🔟 NEVER Think that Northern lights can be seen everywhere 08:22 1️⃣1️⃣ NEVER visit ONLY O

Basically, Norway is an introvert's paradise.

Long eye contact is the reason we went full Viking around 1000 years ago

I love Norway. Coming from the Netherlands, a country much smaller in size but much bigger in population (8x smaller and over 3x more inhabitants ) I love the space, the nature, the mountains the amazing fjords. I travelled twice from North Cape to Kristiansand, all along the coast by car. The frontwindow of my car felt like a cinema with the most beautiful sceneries you can image: 2000 km of mountains and fjords. I love also the slow travelling which you are forced to do in Norway. You drive those little roads and suddently you stop for a ferry. You wait a while until the ferry arrives and go to the next place. It is so relaxed. People are also friendly. Perhaps a little closed and from a distance in comparisment, but with warmth and interest if you start a talk. If it wasn't for the long, cold and dark winters, I would gladly live in Norway, I am living now in Switzerland but miss the sea.

Just stumbled across this video and being originally from Norway, I think you’re spot on :) But there’s one thing I use to warn my Portuguese and Brazilian friends about: don’t call people friends too soon! In Norway, establishing a friendship isn’t an easy process and if you call someone you just met “my friend”, they’ll react in the same way as if you stand too close! They’ll back off, at least mentally. It’s considered way too intimate. Give it time. The ice needs to melt first :)

Also, remember not to wear shoes inside the house! It is considered unhygienic and extremely rude. I realise a lot of countries share this rule and it isn't unique to Norway, but some nationalities may still find this surprising.

You forgot "Never call a "Kvikk Lunsj" a "Kit Kat"".

I am a South African married to a Norwegian. In Africa we are loud and talk to anyone anywhere. A casual trip to the supermarket involves chats to the bakery assistant, the cashier and random other people in general. My first few outings in Norway I learned to rein that in. Most looked at me as if I was simple! I will never get the fascination with winter sports. Hubby watches endlessly. I love my Norwegian family but it's been a huge learning curve.

I spent 2 weeks in Norway back in early '96. Wonderful place and stunningly beautiful. Some of the nicest and most genuine people I've met to this day. If I wasn't so averse to the cold weather, I'd love to live there.

After watching this I can say I'm definitely more Norwegian than I thought I was.

her last advice is the best one, if you want to see Norway get out of the capital.

This channel is growing on me. Anna doesn't get it all right, but her love for what she does is clear. More people should be traveling like she does! It opens minds and creates bridges where none were before.

I visited Norway about 20 years ago, on one of my short summer vacations. I had visited Denmark and then Sweden on previous summer vacations. Denmark was the only country in the world where the natives sometimes mistook me for one of the other natives, by asking me for directions, in Danish. In Sweden they mistook me for a German. In Norway I don't know what the Norwegians thought I was, but I knew that it was the place on Earth where I felt the most at home on the roads. I thought that Oslo was a very unique city though. I'm from Montreal.

You forgot the most important thing, never sit next to some one on the bus. I'd rather stand the whole trip, than sitting next to someone 😂

A Norwegian at home : "Don't talk to me, I don't want to get to know you" The same Norwegian at the cabin/boat/ski trip: "Hi hi, nice to see you, do you need some coffee, I've got loads on the kettle. Are you hungry? I've got a spare Kvikk Lunch for you if you like"

I could live in a place where you don't have to communicate with others. Its seems more peaceful. It might be rude to say but you are wonderful and explains things clearly. Thank You. 🇺🇲

I'm from Minnesota. Dad was Swedish, Mom was Norwegian. Yeah, there is rivalry between Swedes and Norwegians, even in the USA. The behaviors you cite are all part of my family's behaviors. GREAT video, thank you!

As a Norwegian, I can conform these rules mentioned in this video are very important for the Norwegian people. Good video!

My family immigrated from Norway to the USA about 140-180 years (different groups came over at different times and lived in the same small farm town for the next hundred years). My grandma traveled to Norway and wants me to do the same. I was watching this to learn how to behave. ….Turns out my family still acts like this 140 years later. Intense appreciation of personal space, timeliness, humbleness and a disdain for Swedes. Weird to think how little may have changed.

I loved visiting a Norway. We entered Norway in the far North, from Finland. We visited Nordkapp, saw the midnight sun then meandered down the coast to Oslo with a 2 night stay at Geiranger Fjord, including the Trollstigen Rd. It was magical. So many special memories.